DISQUS

Christoph Janz · 3 years ago

Hi Maris,

Thanks for starting this great series of posts! Very interesting observations. We will take all your comments and suggestions very seriously.

Just one little comment on the size of our RSS Reader: I think the advantage of not making it full-screen is that you can still view some other flakes and feeds at the same time if it doesn't take up the whole screen. So you can switch to a new blog or news feed without having to close the RSS Reader window, which saves users a mouse click.

I'm not sure if it outweighs the disadvantage - we'll think about it. Maybe it's a question of personal taste or RSS reading habit, respectively.

In any case we know that our RSS Reader is far from perfect. We're still working on numerous enhancements and new features.

Keep up the good work!

Best regards

Christoph

P.S.: Regarding your previous posting on the Alexa comparison, sometimes it's hard to understand the Alexa charts. Look at today's picture: http://www.pageflakes.com/users/christoph/AlexaNVPF.png
. I archived it because it can look completely different tomorrow.

sandra · 3 years ago

you'd better archived it, coz it'll be the last time you could think of coming that close of netvibes

these guys are geniuses, and they don't polute the whole web with their sales pitch like you do at pagefakes.

Maris · 3 years ago

Yes, maybee the feed reader size is matter of taste, but I think readibility is better when information is on the big screan and mixed background can also steal attention and it can be hard to read for long time.
I think it is worth to think about.
And thanks for the stats I will check them for some time and maybe figure aut some theory :). It is wery interesting - maybe I will write a post about alexa :)

Ole Brandenburg · 3 years ago

Hi Maris - in case you would like to add a feature to your site that lets you add your RSS feed to Pageflakes:

http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.aspx?url=YO...

...and the button: http://www.pageflakes.com/subscribe.gif

Cheers
Ole

kgopidas · 2 years ago

hi,,
can anyone pls give me an idea about the technical aspects of netvibes home page design,,, am really confused about the controls used by them(is it web parts??? ) and amount of user friendliness that the controls provide to the browsers,,,

Noah · 2 years ago

They are called widgets. The great part is that developers can create new widgets which you can use on these sites like netvibes and pageflakes. You can have the system grab code off another system for a widget. Many of the widgets are simply syndicated content like for CNN, USA Today, etc. These companies post articles as a "feed" which your homepage grabs every time you open it. I use the netvibes alternative:
http://www.browserstart.org

Noah · 2 years ago

Oh, yeah, these widgets are often called "modules"